Bhutan Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Bhutan was 36.4 years in 1960: 37.3 for women and 35.5 for men, a gap of 1.8 years. 6,039 people died; 8.7% of them were 65 or older and 55.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

36.4

Women

37.3

Men

35.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

209.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

313.5

Deaths

6,039

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.0

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

557

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

501

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	226.48	261.03	37.3	35.5
1-4	36.50	35.29	45.4	44.5
5-9	7.64	7.05	48.2	46.9
10-14	5.96	5.08	45.0	43.5
15-19	7.91	7.02	41.3	39.6
20-24	9.97	10.05	37.8	35.9
25-29	11.19	11.16	34.6	32.6
30-34	12.69	12.87	31.5	29.4
35-39	14.02	15.26	28.4	26.1
40-44	15.28	18.69	25.3	23.0
45-49	16.87	22.20	22.1	20.0
50-54	22.12	28.73	18.8	17.1
55-59	28.80	36.46	15.7	14.3
60-64	42.81	50.94	12.7	11.7
65-69	59.55	70.24	10.2	9.4
70-74	89.49	100.50	7.9	7.3
75-79	133.26	149.26	6.0	5.5
80-84	196.64	215.08	4.5	4.1
85-89	276.06	304.79	3.4	3.1
90-94	370.96	411.12	2.6	2.4
95-99	477.08	527.56	2.1	1.9
100+	589.10	643.17	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Bhutan by year

Mortality in Bhutan, 1960

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